Chester Zoo Chester Zoo News 2023

[PossumRoach]

BCS?

Big Cat Sanctuary

 

[Jambi]

BCS?

Big Cat Sanctuary, in Ashford.

 

[UngulateNerd92]

Chester Zoo have just announced the birth of an Okapi calf named Arabi. The mum is K'tusha and the dad is Stomp.

Rare Okapi Calf Born at Chester Zoo | EXCITING NEWS: We’ve welcomed the birth of a rare okapi calf, named Arabi! At only six weeks old, watch her adorable journey outdoors for the first time | By Chester Zoo | Facebook

Here is a relevant article.

Chester Zoo okapi birth will help reveal secrets of species, keeper says

The "incredibly special" birth of an okapi will help to reveal "one of the least known and understood species on the planet", a keeper has said.

Okapis are only found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where about 10,000 remain in the wild.

Chester Zoo said Arabi, a six-week-old female, had been named after a village in DRC's Okapi Wildlife Reserve.

Okapi keeper Hannah Owens said it would be "a real privilege" to watch the "energetic" female calf grow.

https://www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-66101158.amp

 

[Dave Hill]

Presumably inka

Will be great News if it is Inka. Lovely young Female Black Jaguar - Daughter of Kiera (Kumal x Kedera) bred at Paradise Wildlife park in 2017. And father was Neron (formerly from Amsterdam Zoo).
Question is will we also be expecting a new breeding Male?

 

[Sean14235]

Will be great News if it is Inka. Lovely young Female Black Jaguar - Daughter of Kiera (Kumal x Kedera) bred at Paradise Wildlife park in 2017. And father was Neron (formerly from Amsterdam Zoo).
Question is will we also be expecting a new breeding Male?

I would assume so, they said they won't pair up Napo with another Jaguar, Bernie, the Andean Bear has also just moved out of the Savannah side of Spirit of the Jaguar, which makes room for a new breeding pair of Jaguars, Inka + ...

 

[Fallax]

I would assume so, they said they won't pair up Napo with another Jaguar, Bernie, the Andean Bear has also just moved out of the Savannah side of Spirit of the Jaguar, which makes room for a new breeding pair of Jaguars, Inka + ...

Does leave the question of where the bush dogs will move to, their old enclosure is still occupied by the cheetah and I believe there is babirusa in the enclosure opposite? Either way, getting jaguars in both sides of SOTJ again is really exciting, hopefully we could see cubs in a few years.

 

[hari Jones]

Does leave the question of where the bush dogs will move to, their old enclosure is still occupied by the cheetah and I believe there is babirusa in the enclosure opposite? Either way, getting jaguars in both sides of SOTJ again is really exciting, hopefully we could see cubs in a few years.

A pademelon has now moved back into the old serval enclosure that most recently held babirusa

 

[thejestermk2]

Wonder if they'll alternate the species. By that I mean, bush dogs inside vs jaguars outside. Then, bush dogs outside, jaguars in.
Might be an issue with scent marking but revolving enclosures aren't unheard of.

 

[thejestermk2]

Also, has Bernie left the collection then or just moved back to the Andean Bear exhibit?

 

[cerperal]

Also, has Bernie left the collection then or just moved back to the Andean Bear exhibit?

I've just seen (what I'm assuming are) recent photos of him posted online, so I'd guess moved back. I'd be surprised if he had left given the breeding record

 

[Alwaysevergreen]

He is due to leave to go to another European Zoo.

 

[derek]

He is due to leave to go to another European Zoo.

I believe it is Berlin zoo.

 

[cerperal]

I believe it is Berlin zoo.

Berlin Zoo doesn't hold spectacled bears, it would be Berlin Tierpark. Seems a logical destination though

 

[Zoofan15]

A male Southern pudu was born May 17:

https://www.itv.com/news/granada/20...chester-zoo-weighing-less-than-a-bag-of-sugar

Paolo was born May 17 to Oden and Serena.

 

[Fallax]

A male Southern pudu was born May 17:

https://www.itv.com/news/granada/20...chester-zoo-weighing-less-than-a-bag-of-sugar

Paolo was born May 17 to Oden and Serena.

Great, though the chance of seeing him will probably be small

 

[hari Jones]

Agreed seeing as they can only be viewed from one spot personally I feel the pudu should move in with the capybara and anteater because it would make viewing a lot easier , they would have plenty of space and bliss the anteater has been mixed with pudu in the past and the capybara probably wouldn't care about the pudu living along side them

 

[jde7582]

You would never see then in those large areas, they would either stay in the house or hide at the back

 

[hari Jones]

Yeah that would be the only downside

 

[Smaggledagle]

Other 2023 News:

A pair of Tamandua are now on show.

On January 19th, the zoo announced its names, Guillermo and Tiana.

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On March 1st, it was announced that the zoo transferred a (0.1) Kirk's dik-dik to the Hamerton Zoo in Huntingdonshire.

Say hi to our new female Kirk's Dik Dik! She arrived last week from Chester Zoo and is settling in great keeper Stu | By Hamerton Zoo | Facebook

On May 4th, the zoo announced that (5.5) Parson's chameleons hatched.

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On June 16th, the zoo announced that (0.0.2+?) Caribbean flamingos hatched.

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On June 20th, the zoo announced that a (0.0.1+?) Maglasy giant day gecko hatched.

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On July 4th, it was announced that they transferred a (0.1) southern pudu named Emilia to the Belfast Zoo in Northern Ireland in June.

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[bongorob]

Red-bellied Piranha are now in the large tank in Jaguars, and Newmann's Grass Rats are back at the zoo. This rodent was bred for the first time in the U.K. at Chester.